Highway 4 through the Potlotek First Nation has reopened following a series of blockades that slowed down traffic Thursday.
The RCMP said in a post on social media that as of Friday morning Highway 4 was no longer blocked.
Mounties said they executed a criminal search warrant and arrested two men at an illegal cannabis storefront on Highway 4 in Potlotek on Thursday.
“Following the search warrant execution, a group gathered in the area to protest and block access to Hwy. 4,” police wrote in a media release. “As a result of the blocked access, officers were not able to leave the premises using their vehicles. Officers who had remained on scene departed on foot.”
Tensions have come to a head as Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia have asked the government to stop raiding cannabis and tobacco sales, saying the RCMP has no right to carry out enforcement on its land.